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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
Then here's the question of the day. Did the catcher have possession of the ball when both he and the runner got to the plate? I may have read your initial post wrong, but I though in reading it that he did have possession, and was turning to make a tag when the contact occured. To me this is a tricky one because the runner has the right of way to homeplate when he's in that close of a vicinity. He doesn't have to veer off and entirely miss homeplate if F2 is moving out to field a batted ball just to give way to the fielder if in fact F2 didn't have possesion of the ball.
Tim.
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Tim,
In the initial sitch, the F2 does
not have possession of the ball. He is attempting to field a fair batted ball. The R3, if not in contact with a base,
must avoid the fielder (assuming he is the "protected fielder" on the play), and has
no right of way relative to that fielder.
JM